What is the difference between .tar.bz and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .tar.bz
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- bzip2
- The GNU Project
- Description
- This is a compressed archive in the TAR container with the help of the BZIP tool. It was created for use in Unix systems. The TAR container combines several files into one archive that’s placed in a TBZ compressed file. They’re used as installation packets in the installers of some operating systems.
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- MIME Type
- application/x-bzip-compressed-tar
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.bz on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia